The New Science Teacher: Cultivating Good Practice (Ways of Knowing in Science) [Hardcover]

Deborah J. Trumbull (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0807738751 | ISBN-13: 978-0807738757 | Publication Date: October 1999

A veteran science teacher and researcher raises important questions as she addresses the ways that teaching can and should be reflective practice. Throughout the text she addresses the question, "How can teachers continue to evolve and rethink their teaching methods?" Tracking six prospective biology teachers from their university training through their first years in the classroom, the author uses her own observations as well as interviews and direct quotes from the teachers to record not only their growth, but to reflect on her own development as well. Both novice and experienced teachers should be able to connect their own teaching journeys to those presented here. The author's insider perspective and the inclusion of background on advances in science, learning theories and the role of lab teaching all make this is a useful book not only for science teachers, policy makers and administrators, but also for educators in any field seeking to improve how students - and teachers - learn.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Deborah Trumbull has taught biology for many years, and has been a teacher educator for the past 13. She is an associate professor in the Department of Education at Cornell University and is the author of several articles on science teaching and the development of new science teachers. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: Teachers College Press (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807738751
• ISBN-13: 978-0807738757
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,658,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A wealth of critically important information and insight., July 4, 2000

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This review is from: The New Science Teacher: Cultivating Good Practice (Ways of Knowing in Science Series) (Paperback)

In The New Science Teacher: Cultivating Good Practice, veteran biology teacher and researcher Deborah Trumbull raises important issues addressing the ways that teaching science in the classroom can and should be a reflective practice. Trumball addresses the necessity of teachers continuing to evolve and rethink their teaching methods. The New Science Teacher is essential, important, highly recommended reading for student teachers and those new to the science curriculum, as well as having a wealth of critically important information and insight for even experienced science instructors, administrators, and school policy makers on improving student learning and teacher education.